National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
An understanding of soil microorganisms as part of soil system and interactions between the diversity of producers and of decomposers, have major consequences on the functioning of agricultural ecosystems. Soil microorganisms control the transformation and mineralization of natural compounds and xenobiotics. The soil micro biota, existing in high density and diversity, rapidly modify the energetic performance and activity rates to changing environmental conditions. Thus, microbial consortium possesses the ability to accommodate environmental constraints by adjusting biomass, community structure and activity rates. These parameters are particularly important to take into consideration when evaluating soil quality. The use of microbial diversity, structure, biomass as indicators to monitor soil quality is challenging due to little understanding of the relationship between microbial community and soil functioning. A simple overview about the possibilities of using microbial populations as quantitative indicators for soil quality evaluation is presented in this paper.
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